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Melodic bass players.

#121
Has anyone mentioned Rob Pope yet? I was in a serious musical rut in 1998 and hearing this song completely renewed the possibilities of how much a bassist can propel a song to the next level without overdoing it. I had a chance to see The Get Up Kids at a massive all-ages show with At The Drive In right after this album came out. I play this bass line frequently. It is so massively elegant. I am not too zeroed in on Spoon yet. I like them, but I haven't gotten very deep.

 
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#125
sonicnuance said:
Tom Scholtz? - everything on the first Boston album
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i was waiting for someone to mention Boston. Scholz isn't know as a bass player I suppose, but I think he played pretty much everything on the first Boston album and the bass is consistently as melodic as any you will find on record.

Someone mentioned Peter Cetera's early Chicago work earlier. I had the chance to play golf with him a few years ago and mentioned that I loved his bass playing, especially on "Questions 67 & 68." He was a very nice guy and said he did not play bass much anymore because it was too difficult to do and sing at the same time.

Dennis Dunaway, I love the original Alice Cooper band stuff and agree that Dunaway is very underrated and melodic bass player.

McCartney goes without saying, the king of melodic bass playing!
 
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bolophonic said:
Has anyone mentioned Rob Pope yet? I was in a serious musical rut in 1998 and hearing this song completely renewed the possibilities of how much a bassist can propel a song to the next level without overdoing it. I had a chance to see The Get Up Kids at a massive all-ages show with At The Drive In right after this album came out. I play this bass line frequently. It is so massively elegant. I am not too zeroed in on Spoon yet. I like them, but I haven't gotten very deep.

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I´ve never heard of this guys, cool song and nice bassline!
 
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#132
I think the most fun I'm having on this thread is seeing other people list all the people I forgot to mention!

So many great names popping up - I haven't seen one I disagree with yet.

And now that my fellow TBers are shaking the dust out of my brain, may I suggest Israel Crosby's work with Amad Jamal? One of the most melodic of the classic jazz period, IMO. And let's throw Rufus Reid in there, too.
 
#133
-Asdfgh- said:
Possibly going on more of a tangent, but Tony Pettitt of Fields of the Nephilim, mainly for Last Exit for the Lost and Celebrate.
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I don't think that's tangential at all. I'm not as familiar with FotN, but was into Sisters if Mercy in a pretty big way...I seem to remember Fields being an offshoot of Sisters but could be wrong, and can't recall who played bass for Sisters...

There were many great, melodic bass players from the postpunk - goth - new wave camps.
 
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Muddslide said:
I'm not as familiar with FotN, but was into Sisters if Mercy in a pretty big way...I seem to remember Fields being an offshoot of Sisters but could be wrong, and can't recall who played bass for Sisters...

There were many great, melodic bass players from the postpunk - goth - new wave camps.
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It was 'The Mission' that sort of came out of 'Sisters of Mercy' after 'Temple of Love'. FotN claimed not to be goth.

Of that camp I am not sure I'd count David J's work with 'Bauhaus' to be melodic, as it was more based on repetitive riffs, but it was certainly prominent.
 

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